02x09 - Vendetta

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But captain, I'm not asking you to put the man in irons

I simply want a chance to serve my warrants

to arrest him before we land.

You represent which government?

No government, I work for

the International w*r Crimes Commission.

- w*r Crimes Commission? - That's right.

This is Karl Friederich Schindler, a w*r criminal.

Captain, I'm sorry to come to you so late

but he is a master of disguises.

I was not exactly sure which passenger he was

until tonight.

Karl Friederich Schindler.

I'm sorry, lieutenant, there's no such passenger on this list.

Well, naturally, he would not use his real identity.

- This is Schindler. - Now, how can you be sure?

There's no resemblance between--

Well, certainly there is a resemblance, now look.

Look at the jawline, at the chin he cannot change

'the shape of his bones.'

It is Karl Friederich Schindler.

Ex-commandant of Fulsten Felbrook.

He's personally responsible for the deaths of 40,000 Jews.

I do have a warrant for his arrest.

He will be taken back to West Germany for trial.

Captain, I don't mean to hurry you

but, I tried his cabin door tonight

and it was locked.

He knows now that I've spotted him.

We're at sea, lieutenant.

He isn't going to go anywhere. Now, just relax please.

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Schindler!

Schindler!

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[male narrator] "The FBI."

A Quinn Martin, Warner Bros. production.

Starring, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Also starring, Phillip Abbott.

Stephen Brooks.

With guest stars, Alfred Ryder

John Van Dreelen

and special guest stars, Lois Nettleton

David Opatoshu.

Tonight's episode, "Vendetta."

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If the hunter had been anyone

but Detective Lieutenant Otto Mann

the trail might have ended on the deck of the Concord

when Karl Schindler disappeared into the ocean

of the coast of Long Island.

But Otto Mann knew Schindler was now

in the pay of the communists

had planned to enter the United States

as an espionage agent.

He knew Schindler too well

to believe he would k*ll himself.

But, the point is that this man would not pick

suicide as a way out for any reason.

No.

No, Schindler is not a Goring or a Goebbels.

He's an ikeman. He's a runner. A twister.

- A weasel, lieutenant? - Oh, Lewis!

How are you, Otto? Dave.

Would you show me the cabin, please?

Do you know what they told me

when I radioed the New York office?

That you were in Washington on a case and not available.

I was, until we heard the name Schindler.

Oh, Jim Rhodes, Otto Mann.

- Lieutenant, how do you do? - How do you do, sir?

It's a very tired statement, but believe me

I have heard a lot about you.

Oh, yes? You, well..

We have been friends, uh, Lewis?

'I was a very serious policeman.'

The young Israeli with a gloomy Jewish soul

and on the way to the National Academy

to see what the FBI could teach me.

Do you know that he was an instructor then?

Oh, yes, yes, he was my first instructor.

Inspector...we found something in Schindler's cabin.

I think you'd like to take a look at it.

He left a suicide note.

[Lewis] "To whom it may concern.

"I have seen Otto Mann on this ship.

"I know now that I cannot escape justice

"but as an officer, I demand the right to end my own life.

May God forgive me."

Is, uh, is that his signature?

Hmmm. Yes, but those are not his words.

What does a man like Schindler

care about God and justice?

He wanted us to see this note.

The wind apparently blew it off the desk and we found it--

Oh, please, he was playing

the distracted, hurried fugitive.

He was careless, the breeze blew it.. No.

Lewis, I understand this man.

He knows that I'm looking for him.

Before he boarded the ship, he could have arranged

for a communist fishing boat to be lying off Long Island.

In case, he had to make a getaway before this ship docked.

'It is exactly the kind of thing that he would try.'

'When he discovered that I was close'

'he simply put his plan into effect.'

Lewis, do you know that he's

working for the Reds these days?

Uh, I heard rumors.

It's just more than a rumor.

My information is that he's after the US

Sand project.

Surface to air missiles.

As the dedicated n*zi

has become a dedicated communist.

Does this look like a man who cares about God and justice?

Or a man who has learnt how to save his

own skin under any circumstances?

I want a report on all fishing boats

that might have been in the area.

Yes, sir.

And see that, uh, all the Long Island beaches

and coves are checked out, especially the isolated ones.

Alright.

Thank you, Lewis.

It will not be a wild goose chase.

I promise you.

But there is one more thing.

Well, this case is now yours, I understand that, but..

...I have studied Schindler

the way an Egyptologist studies the Rosetta stone.

I am on to almost all his disguises.

I know all his idiosyncrasies.

Well, he always keeps his

shoes shined for instance.

Lewis, could we work on this together?

Well, I, I don't see why not.

- I appreciate your help. - Thank you.

Thank you.

[male #1] 'Paper right off the presses.'

'Alright lady, here's your paper.'

'And thank you.'

'Alright, get your paper, folks!'

'I'll write off the passes.'

'Here you are, pops.'

No, no, no paper.

I'm looking for Number 57.

Number 57, straight down this side of the street.

Well, right, get your paper here, ladies and gentlemen.

It's only a dime, one third of a dollar.

And my information bureau, alright, folks!

Get them right over here.

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Uh, try the Macklin Laboratories.

He has an office there.

Wilhelm von Fossburg.

Chicago, yes, I don't know the number.

Bye.

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[knocking on door]

[knocking on door]

Yes?

Excuse me, lady. I'm looking for, uh, apartment C.

Chinese friend of mine.

A Miss Lotus Ling?

May I come in?

Thank you.

Did you speak to your father yet?

No.

Children playing games.

Pleasing.

Sometimes I get the feeling I'm part of a little theatre group.

'There are no hidden microphones here, Schindler.'

'No secret cameras.'

I went over the entire flat last week when I moved in.

Hmm.

Very prudent.

I felt as ridiculous as you look.

Now and then I grow a little tired of playing spy.

[chuckles]

Yes, so do I.

But you see.

In this game they don't just tag you out when they find you.

Occasionally they drop you through a trap door

with a noose around your neck.

I understand it, uh, tends to hurt a little.

What's wrong?

I just seem to find it hard to believe

that you're really Karl Schindler.

- Why? - I don't know.

Probably because I expected a former SS Colonel

to be taller, blonder, more arrogant.

Then we're even.

I expected, Wilhelm von Fossburg's daughter

to be smaller, paler and more timid.

You know, Catherine, the last time I saw you

you were in a play pen.

Very sickly...waving a rattle.

In time to the rhythmic screams

of the Jews that you and my father

and the rest of the establishment slaughtered.

You didn't slaughter them, did you?

There's no need for you to feel guilty.

I don't feel guilty.

Oh, yes you do.

That's why you became a communist.

Is It?

How long has it been since you've seen your father.

Ten, twelve years.

He never was a n*zi you know.

Oh, no, of course not. Neither were you, I'm sure.

As a matter of fact he was always very much anti-Hitler.

Always.

Schindler.

Let's get something straight right now.

I'm not one of your concentration camp women.

So keep your bloody, filthy hands off of me.

I'm very sorry.

I still don't see why I have to go along to Chicago with you.

You are old friends.

I'm not so sure...

...if our famous prize winning m*ssile expert

wants to be reminded of that friendship.

You on the other hand

are his daughter.

You could do it alone.

If he betrayed his anti-n*zi beliefs..

...why should he hesitate to betray his new country?

Because I haven't anything to give him in return.

Neither have I.

Why don't you give him back his own daughter?

He doesn't love me.

He doesn't?

When did he stop?

[telephone ringing]

Come on, Catherine.

Do it for a party.

For a new wave of the future.

[Catherine] 'Yes.'

[woman over phone] 'I have your number in Chicago'

'go ahead please.'

Papa.

Cathy.

Is this Catherine?

Papa.

I'm very lonely, may I come home?

'I-I wanna see you, talk to you.'

'I'm in New York, I could be there in a day or two.'

Apparently they dragged the boat onto the beach around here.

The kids we interviewed were riding their bikes

along the highway when they saw the lights.

Not the right time, certainly the right area.

Lewis..

...is there any public transportation

on the road up there?

Well, there's a bus stop about a half a mile down.

Yeah, I already contacted the company.

A driver named, uh, Cussac, remembers picking up

several passengers.

We gave him every possible description

of Schindler, but it didn't ring any bells.

Probably wouldn't.

Hey, Otto.

Is there any, uh, any pattern to his disguises.

Pattern, no.

- Did he ever use a cane? - A what?

Well, this came from the tip of a cane.

Lewis, what is the penalty for espionage

in this country, death?

Sometimes.

But not always?

Well, no, it depends on accords.

Seems a shame somehow.

In the case of a...a monster like this.

'It would be very upsetting to catch him..'

...and then to see him free on parole in a few years.

Men like this should be destroyed.

Look, Otto, you're not--

Oh, Lewis, I didn't realize

it was so late.

Do you mind if I go back to town.

I really ought to report in.

Of course not, go ahead.

Destroyed.

I have a feeling we'd better get to Schindler before he does.

You don't know him.

He's the best policeman we ever trained.

The very best.

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Certainly, I understand the problem, but three witnesses

saw the boat pull up in the beach.

Now, Schindler's alive, I want him found.

Art.

Don't look so surprised, Lewis, sometimes they let

assistant directors out of Washington too, you know.

Am I getting you at a bad time?

No, of course not, sit down.

So, uh, they haven't recovered Schindler's body yet.

Not yet, no, the coast guard's

still dragging the coves and inlets.

But I tend to go along with Mann, I think he's alive.

Yeah, Mann evidently knows what he's talking about.

Intelligence sources confirm that Schindler was probably

sent here to pick up whatever information he could

about surface to air missiles.

And to pass along certain verbal instructions

'to red espionage personnel here in the states.'

And he's got a mental list of every one of them.

Wow, isn't that interesting.

He's gonna have to be taken alive, Lewis.

Yeah, he will be.

Has Mann been able to give you any leads yet?

Uh, no leads, no, but, uh, I think he might be helpful.

Well, he knows what Schindler looks like

without his disguises, he knows his habits, his handwriting.

Uh, by the way, Art, what about the impressions

on the note Schindler left?

Oh, the lab's working on them right now.

Otto Mann. I never met him?

No, I don't think so.

I remember you telling me about his wife

being k*lled during the w*r.

What are you getting at, Art?

How was she k*lled, Lewis?

'Do you know?'

Yeah, in a, in a, in a concentration camp.

Uh, Fulsten Fulbrook.

Well, I got a background resume here on Schindler.

He was in charge of the gas chambers at Fulsten Felbrook

And you think that's why Otto is after him?

What do you think?

I think it might be very tempting.

Accidentally to k*ll a man who m*rder*d your wife.

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Erskine.

Oh, put him on. Dave in the lab.

- Inspector. - 'Yes, Dave.'

We've managed to bring out the impression

on the Schindler note.

'Yes.'

He had evidently written an address down

on a sheet of paper used before this one.

It reads 57, West 63rd street.

Alright, Dave, thanks very much.

Lew, I..

Mr. Ward, how are you, sir?

- Go right ahead, don't mind me. - Didn't expect you here.

Lew, I just talked to Cussac again.

- You know, the bus driver. - Yeah.

Well, he said he was interviewed

by Lieutenant Mann, and Mann asked him

if he remembered picking up a passenger

in his 60s or 70s who limped and used a cane.

Well, he did.

Dropped him off at 63rd and Broadway.

He limps.

An old man, bent-over.

Soft voice.

I kinda remember.

He was looking for an address.

- Yes. - Number, uh, 57. Yeah 57.



- What do you want him for? - m*rder.

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[Schindler] 'Here he comes.'

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Hello, papa.

Liebchen.

'What a long, long time it's been.'

Yes.

Well--

I thought, I'd better get some beer and pickles and wine

to celebrate.

Papa, I-I brought someone with me.

Oh.

Hello, Willy..

[chuckles]

What is it, Willy?

Don't you know me?

Where did you meet this man?

He-he looked me up in New York.

He told me he was an old friend of yours.

And when I said, I was coming here for a visit

he asked me to bring him along with me.

Well, uh.. Oh, here.

Excuse me, I'll just take these inside.

Oh, Willy, you don't look well at all.

What's the matter?

Do your eyes still burn from the smoke of the crematoriums?

- Stop it. - 'Why?'

What are you worried about?

Catherine?

She can't hear you.

No one can.

Thank God.

Just imagine the uproar

if the Americans would ever find out

that their great m*ssile expert, the heroic anti-n*zi

once designed the execution chambers in Felsten Fulbrook.

Why you'd have to leave this lovely land.

- Stand trial. - Be quiet.

Worst of all.

Think of how your important work here will suffer.

You don't know anything about my work.

No, indeed I don't.

Willy .

Perhaps, you can fill me in.

I'm mostly interested in the Surface to air missiles.

'The guidance system'

'I'd like some blueprints.'

'Any data you can get.'

So now your working with the communists, eh, Shindler.

Splendid, friendly fellows.

Once you get to know them.

This girl to whom you rented the flat

what do you know about her?

Nothing. Except her name.

Felice Green?

Very quiet girl.

No wild parties, no drinking.

No pets.

'Any other visitors?'

Not that I ever saw.

And I probably would have noticed.

I'm just across the hall.

And I usually have my door open.

Because of the heat.

That's how I noticed this old man.

I thought he was her father.

Had she spoken about her father before?

She never talked about anything.

I used to try to get her to--

- Gossip? - Confide in me.

- But she wouldn't? - No.

Frustrating.

[Lewis] 'I know what you mean.'

Lewis, I'm glad you came. I was just about to call you.

- Were you, Otto? - Yeah, he was here--

- Are you the landlady? - 'Yes.'

FBI.

- Well! For Haven sake-- - He was here, Lewis, he--

Would you, uh, excuse us a moment, please?

Oh, uh, certainly.

He came to meet a girl named Felice Green

but they have left.

Oh, I had a hunch he might try

the old men's disguise

when you mentioned the cane.

He pulled the same trick in Athens.

Why didn't you tell us about the disguise, Otto?

Well, well, because I wasn't sure, of course, I..

I knew that you were following

your own line of investigation.

I didn't want to bother you with some--

Otto. Miriam was k*lled

in Fulsten Felbrook, wasn't she?

- Yes. - By Karl Schindler.

'Why didn't you tell me that?'

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Lewis, do you talk about your private griefs

or are you trained to hide them?

What would you have done, if Schindler had been in this room

when you walked in?

Well, I would have arrested him and turned him over to you.

What do you think I would have done?

You're out of your jurisdiction here, Otto.

You better report back to the IWCC for instructions.

Lewis. Lewis, you're my friend, you know what this means to me.

I know what it would mean to me and to my government

if you would have cut Schindler's throat

when you caught up with him.

But I wouldn't. I wouldn't.

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[knocks on door]

Yes, come in.

Will you need anything else, Mr. Fossburg?

No, I, uh, don't think so, thank you.

I didn't think you'd be back today.

- Oh, I forgot something. - Oh.

What is this?

You'll have to sign for it, sir.

- Ah. Since when? - Last week.

- All files classified Double-A. - Hmm.

Oh, and would you mind putting in the time?

[chuckles]

Thank you.

Oh, the guard will take them back when you're through.

- Yes. - Just ring. He's right outside.

I will.

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I went over every inch of that make up table.

Nothing.

No false hair, or spirit gum?

No, sir.

Of course, he could have left here without a disguise

put another one on some place else.

Yeah. You're right.

Call the phone company again, and see if they have come up

with any calls from this number yet.

- Yes, sir. - If they have.

Compare them with this list.

- m*ssile planes? - ATM.

Scattered between Connecticut and California

- I'll be at the office. - Alright.

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Papa!

The best way out, Cathy.

If only one had the courage to load it.

What's the matter with you?

Are you crazy?

Maybe I am by now.

I don't know.

Two b*ll*ts, Cathy.

One for you, one for me.

It would be the right solution.

He's in the bedroom now

developing the films I brought him.

He says he, he's going to take them and you

and leave tonight.

Is he?

I'm certainly leaving.

But I'm not going with him.

So you didn't come to see me, Cathy, huh?

No.

Why did you come?

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Party orders?

Are you really so shocked?

Was it more noble to have been a n*zi?

I was never a n*zi.

- Oh, no! - 'Never.'

Do you imagine the United States

would have let me in, if I had been?

You are worse than a n*zi.

You are a man who saw what they were doing

to your fellowmen, and did nothing to stop it.

Worst than that, Cathy.

I helped.

Helped?

He came to me..

...Schindler...in 1945.

He said no one would know, just the two of us.

[sighs]

But would I please design you..

...mass execution chamber?

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I said, "Yes."

[sighs] Why?

Because I was afraid to use this.

And he knew it.

Oh, he was very direct.

[sighs]

He said if I did not co-operate

he would turn you over to his SS men.

So I traded your life for some strangers.

Oh, my God.

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Schindler knows his man.

That's why he brought you here, no matter what he told you.

To show me that you're were available..

...so that he could k*ll you in front of my eyes

if I didn't do what he asked.

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Ah, Catherine.

You're back, that's good.

Ah-ha. Did you buy everything I wanted?

Yes.

And did you give the man at the park my note?

- Yes. - Splendid.

You look as though you've seen a ghost.

'You weren't followed, were you?'

Who would be following her?

Oh, no one, Willy, no one.

Maybe I'm over cautious but, uh..

...I don't think my nemesis..

...will believe my suicide story for very long.

What nemesis?

Well, a detective named Otto Mann.

Practically an old friend, by now.

May I?

What time are you leaving?

Well, whenever it gets dark, around 7:30.

What are you going to do with the clothes?

[chuckles]

Play games with Mr. Otto Mann.

Fossburg, yeah.

'That's the only long distance call she made.'

She reached him at McClain Laboratories in Chicago.

It's an R&D company for tactical and defensive missiles.

What's their connect with Project Sam?

They develop the guidance system.

'And Fossburg?'

Highest clearances, but he could have known Schindler in Germany.

Alright, I'll meet you at the airport in, uh, 40 minutes.

And call the SAC Chicago.

Tell 'em I want a blanket surveillance on Fossburg.

'Yes, sir.'

Lewis...I want to talk to you.

- Later, Otto. - What's happened?

I said later.

You found him? You know where he is?

Tell me.

I'll see that you're kept fully informed.

Lewis, let me be there.

I must be there when you take him.

You know roughly what Schindler looks like, I know exactly.

'He can never fool me, no matter what he does.'

'I want him caught. I can help.'

You need me there to identify him

you must not let him escape this time.

'Lewis..'

...trust me.

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Lewis.

Trust me.

Come on.

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[Schindler] 'Willy?'

'Willy.'

- Yes? - Do you have any stamps?

Yes, I..

...I think so, I will see.

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Well, where are they?

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Oh, thank you. That's much better.

It's getting dark, isn't it?

Yes, getting dark.

Did you, uh, find what you were looking for?

Yes.

Oh, Willy..

...would you mind?

Thank you.

The films are in these envelopes?

Uh-huh.

Fantastic.

Why?

So casual I..

I thought spies worked with..

I don't know...secret ink.

[laughs] Are you serious?

Do people still do that?

You're the spy, you ought to know.

Well, let's say I'm a spy with enormous faith

in the United States Postal Service.

Really, it's the by far the safest way to send anything

from documents to diamonds.

You know, Willy, that I'm very fond of safety.

Is that the reason why you..

...dye your hair and put on a mustache?

Yes, that's the reason.

Why, expecting somebody outside, waiting, watching?

Well, it's an old nightmare of mine.

That's why I indulge myself a little.

I try to foresee everything..

...and take account of steps.

Still there are some things you can't foresee.

What time is it?

Almost 7:30.

Mm-hmm.

Where's Catherine?

Catherine?

- Catherine! - She's out, she will be back.

Mm-hmm.

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[crickets chirping]

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Surveillance got some pictures of her this afternoon.

She's been identified as Fossburg's daughter, Catherine.

Lives in Hartford, Connecticut.

- Felice Green? - Hmm.

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Uh-huh, here she comes.

Well, Willy, it's been wonderful seeing you again.

Stand back from the door, Karl.

Willy, put that finger away before you hurt yourself.

Come on, don't be ridiculous.

[sighs] Catherine, your father has just suffered

a temporary fit of insanity.

Please, try to talk a little reason to him.

He is being reasonable..

...finally.

I've been driving for hours

thinking, wondering how I could get you

to...do that.

You hoped for good, Cathy.

Yes, for good.

Call the police.

Yes.

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Will you check on Top-Hat Florists, Simmons Street.

[knock on door]

Never mind. Keep calling, Cathy,

Schindler!

Come in, Reynolds.

Oh, Catherine, uh, put that phone down please.

Well, Willy..

...what's the matter?

Come on, pull the trigger.

'sh**t.'

[chuckles]

Things haven't changed that much after all, have they?

Reynolds..

Don't move.

Papa, do it.

Don't move.

- Papa, do it. - Don't move.

Papa, do it.

Stand still!

So, you knew where the g*n was all the time?

Yes.

I've always told you

we have so much in common.

Reynolds..

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You see, I've always been fascinated

by loose boards.

I knew that g*n was there ten minutes after I got here.

So, I made a few adjustments in the mechanism.

Sorry, Catherine

you made the wrong choice.

- Aah! No. - Schindler!

[g*nsh*t]

[screams]

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Thank you, clear.

There's no record of a Top-Hat Florists on Simmons Street

or any other street in Chicago.

What do you think that means?

Chancer of some kind.

[crying] Dad, dad.

- Where are you parked? - Right outside.

- Keep her here. - For how long?

I'll call you from the airport.

Then take her to your people here

and tell them what she has done.

They'll dispose off the case.

Alright?

- Auf wiedersehen. - Good luck.

[crying]

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A florist truck, license number V-victor, 8-3-2

will be heading north on Beach Street.

Pick him up.

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There he is. Notice them shoes, there he is.



and remember this man must be taken alive.

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FBI, Schindler. Keep your hands on the wheel.

Nice and easy.

[tires screeching]

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[intense music]

[tires screeching]

- Is he still alive? - Yes, he's alive.

Almost a miracle, wouldn't you say, lieutenant

considering all that glass?

- Call an ambulance. - Yes, sir.

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Well, Lewis..

...it ends where it began, huh?

On a ship in the New York Harbor.

I wish you could stay, Otto.

Yeah, so do I.

But Schindler is not the last one.

'Yeah, you'll find the others.'

Hmm.

By the way we located the fishing boat

that picked him up.

The captain's being held.

Uh-huh. It's turning out to be quite a haul, eh?

[man on PA] 'All visitors ashore, please.'

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Come on, I'll see you to the gangway.

[male narrator] On November 23rd, Karl Frederick Schindler

was ex*cuted for the m*rder of Wilhelm von Fossburg.

Fossburg's daughter Catherine was convicted of conspiracy

to commit espionage

and is now serving her sentence

in the federal penitentiary of Alderson.

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